8. But a good leader plans to do good,and those good things make him a good leader.
9. You women who are calm now,stand up and listen to me.You women who feel safe now,hear what I say.
10. You women feel safe now,but after one year you will be afraid.There will be no grape harvestand no summer fruit to gather.
11. Women, you are calm now, but you should shake with fear.Women, you feel safe now, but you should tremble.Take off your nice clothesand put rough cloth around your waist to show your sadness.
12. Beat your breasts in grief, because the fields that were pleasant are now empty.Cry, because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes.
13. Cry for the land of my people,in which only thorns and weeds now grow.Cry for the city that once was happyand for all the houses that once were filled with joy.
14. The palace will be empty;people will leave the noisy city.Strong cities and towers will be empty.Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.
15. This will continue until God pours his Spirit from above upon us.Then the desert will be like a fertile fieldand the fertile field like a forest.